Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Previously, we talked about a Type X civilization under the Information Mastery Scale. Today, we will be looking at a Type Y civilization and some of its defining characteristics!
According to Sagan, a Type Y civilization is one that processes 10^30 unique bits of information. With such an incredibly vast amount of available information and energy content, a Type Y civilization would be nearing the limits of how much progress a civilization can make under this model. For instance, a civilization of this caliber may even control dark energy allowing it to further manipulate its entire universe at will. It would even have control over entropy giving it the freedom of making absolutely any object or person immortal if it wanted to. Perhaps instantaneous transportation of its inhabitants to any place within its universe may also be a possibility for a Type Y civilization using laws of physics that are currently unknown. This would allow such a civilization to colonize a large chunk of its visible universe up to 75 billion light-years across assuming the visible universe to be about 100 billion light-years in diameter.
Watch The Information Mastery Scale Playlist from the link below:
youtube.com/watch?v=nCJiLhFkMLU&list=PLVxAxdw4ctDaefaRPyG11nfs97dSLYhaz
Previously, we talked about a Type X civilization under the Information Mastery Scale. Today, we will be looking at a Type Y civilization and some of its defining characteristics!
According to Sagan, a Type Y civilization is one that processes 10^30 unique bits of information. With such an incredibly vast amount of available information and energy content, a Type Y civilization would be nearing the limits of how much progress a civilization can make under this model. For instance, a civilization of this caliber may even control dark energy allowing it to further manipulate its entire universe at will. It would even have control over entropy giving it the freedom of making absolutely any object or person immortal if it wanted to. Perhaps instantaneous transportation of its inhabitants to any place within its universe may also be a possibility for a Type Y civilization using laws of physics that are currently unknown. This would allow such a civilization to colonize a large chunk of its visible universe up to 75 billion light-years across assuming the visible universe to be about 100 billion light-years in diameter.
Watch The Information Mastery Scale Playlist from the link below:
youtube.com/watch?v=nCJiLhFkMLU&list=PLVxAxdw4ctDaefaRPyG11nfs97dSLYhaz
